A routine discovery cover letter from U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss to the Metropolitan Detention Center, transmitting evidence materials to Ghislaine Maxwell while she was awaiting trial.

This August 12, 2021 letter is a standard legal procedural document from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. It instructs the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn to allow inmate Ghislaine Maxwell (inmate number 02879-509) to access enclosed discovery materials related to her criminal case (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330). At the time, prosecutors had disclosed 2.7 million pages of evidence, and Maxwell was preparing for her trial scheduled for November 2021.

Key Highlights

• •Standard discovery transmission letter from U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss to MDC Brooklyn
• •Part of the massive 2.7 million page evidence disclosure in the Maxwell case
• •Maxwell was held at MDC Brooklyn awaiting trial set for November 29, 2021
• •Case number 20 Cr. 330 before Judge Alison Nathan (AJN) in SDNY

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